Shloka 27

Chapter 78: Royal Responsibility for Wealth, Social Order, and the Protection of Dvijas

Kekaya Exemplum

Devanagari script

न मे शस्त्रैरनिर्भिन्न गात्रे द्वयद्भुलमन्तरम्‌ । धर्मार्थ युध्यमानस्य मामकान्तरमाविश:,मेरे शरीरमें दो अंगुल भी ऐसा स्थान नहीं है, जो धर्मके लिये युद्ध करते समय अस्त्र- शस्त्रोंसे घायल न हुआ हो, तथापि तुम मेरे भीतर कैसे घुस आये?

Transliteration

na me śastrair anirbhinnagātre dvyaṅgulam antaram | dharmārthaṃ yudhyamānasya māmakaṃ antaram āviśaḥ ||

Translation

Bhishma dijo: «En mi cuerpo no hay ni un espacio del ancho de dos dedos que no haya sido atravesado por armas cuando combatí por el dharma. Y aun así… ¿cómo has entrado en mi interior?»

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• मे: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• शस्त्रैः: by weapons
• शस्त्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• अनिर्भिन्नम्: unpierced / unbroken
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिर्भिन्न
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गात्रे: in (my) body/limb
• गात्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गात्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्वि: two
• Type: Numeral
• Root: द्वि

• अङ्गुलम्: a finger-breadth
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गुल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अन्तरम्: space / interval
• अन्तरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धर्मार्थम्: for the sake of dharma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युध्यमानस्य: of (me) fighting
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्यमान
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मामक: mine / belonging to me
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मामक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अन्तरम्: inside / interior
• अन्तरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आविशः: you entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-विश्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• weapons (śastra)